Can you Identify this ?
Submitted by Fish Ninja on Wed, 2017-02-15 08:55
I caught this from the rock wall as you drive out to the North Mole in Freo last Friday night . It was around 11.00pm and I was using a 6-8kg snapper set up with smallish circle hooks and a peeled coral prawn. It has resemblance to both a sweetlips and a morwong but has differences also ? It measured in at 90cm and had no teeth.
mjohns
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dusky morwong
dusky morwong
Fish Ninja
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It does have similarities but
It does have similarities but the spines on its back are different and there was a blank space between the 2 sets of dorsal fins which the morwong does not seem to have ?
mjohns
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100% dusky morwong mate
100% dusky morwong mate
Fish Ninja
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Thanks mate . Was still my
Thanks mate . Was still my biggest catch off the rocks even though the eating was not so good , it has a lot of black through the very wet flesh.
Fish Ninja
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Sharks
My step son has outfitted himself with everything you could imagine to catch himself a shark but so far no luck, looking at your photo your a Shark man , any tips on land based spots around Perth and prefered bait ? Balloon vs sliding bait rig ?
mjohns
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Balloons are the definately
Balloons are the definately the go if winds are favourable, although ive never slide baited. in saying that the tiger in my pic was caught on your standard beach rig.
I used to fish jindalee beach but pretty sure its all closed up now, dont think spots are that important sharks move around a fair bit
My go to bait was whole mullet around 35cm, though ive picked them up on mulies aswell
Fish Ninja
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Thanks heaps mate.
Thanks heaps mate.
Boyce
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Hey there Fish Ninjaeating
Hey there Fish Ninja
eating wasnt that bad, was it?
thanks for that info mjohns
are tuna heads any good as bait or is mullet the way to go
mjohns
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eating would of been pretty
eating would of been pretty average haha...
ive never used tuna heads myself but i see a few others have, dont think they are too fussy might be a bit more difficult to get nice hook exposure and presentation with a tuna head.. also more resistance through the water if your ballooning.
Slimey/ blue macks are really good too but mullet are a much hardier bait
Boyce
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ok thankswill give that a
ok thanks
will give that a try this weekend
trymyluck
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Fish Ninja, Any of the
Fish Ninja, Any of the beaches are full of shark at the moment, all sizes, a big fresh fish bait and wait